Easy Cowboy Caviar -

This cowboy caviar is fast, easy and delicious. Eat it as an appetizer, a snack or as a yummy meal.

Feed Lots O’ People

We recently had a family reunion where I was in charge of feeding fifty people for four days. On one of the days, we were meeting at a park and I needed simple dips that we could eat with chips for lunch.

I have always loved cowboy caviar and have made it on several different occasions. This is my favorite version because the dressing is simple and doesn’t have to be mixed up on its own and it is yummy. It was a hit at the reunion!

No Black Eyed Peas

One trick to cowboy caviar is to get all of the ingredients the same size as your beans. I used this chopper that I purchased from Amazon years ago and it makes the chopping so very fast and uniform in size.

A lot of cowboy caviar recipes call for black eyed peas but I don’t ever have black eyed peas in my pantry and so I use beans that I always have on hand. If you prefer black eyed peas – use them. Honestly, you can use whatever combination of beans you like best – white beans, small red beans, black beans, pinto beans, etc.

In Advance

This recipe is great because it can be made in advance as well. If you do make it in advance, save the avocados to add in right before you serve it.

We love it served with chips but it is good by the spoonful or in a burrito or over the top of a salad.